Spoken interactions between responding officers and suspected victims at the scene of domestic abuse incidents

家庭虐待背后的私人和复杂的关系动态为警察应对举报的犯罪提出了独特的沟通挑战。我特别感兴趣的是在家庭虐待事件现场的回应人员和疑似受害者之间的互动。这些对话可能具有高度的重要性，有可能确定事件如何继续展开，无论是在召唤的直接背景下，还是在更广泛的法律的过程中。然而，由于警官的机构要求和限制，沿着与弱势证人互动的敏感性，沟通可能会变得复杂。我的研究是出于这样一种信念，即对这些关键互动的更细致入微的理解可以为警察和其他机构向受家庭虐待影响的人提供的服务的改善提供信息。

The private and complex relationship dynamics which underpin domestic abuse present unique communicative challenges for the police in their response to reported crimes. I am particularly interested in interactions between responding officers and suspected victims at the scene of domestic abuse incidents. These conversations can be highly consequential, with the potential to determine how the incident continues to unfold, both in the immediate context of the call-out and in the wider context of the legal process. Yet communication can be complicated by officers' institutional requirements and restrictions, along with the sensitivities around interacting with vulnerable witnesses. My research is motivated by the belief that a more nuanced understanding of these pivotal interactions could inform the improvement of services provided by the police and other agencies to those affected by domestic abuse.